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03 Feb 2012, 5:08 am
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there needs to be a star trek/starwars mashup movie, where kirk time-travels to meet luke skywalker and they open a can of whoopass together
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03 Feb 2012, 6:41 am
My younger brother got this card today and I was blown away by its adorableness.
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meep
that's what i was gonna post!
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03 Feb 2012, 4:44 pm
Mdyar wrote:
I wonder who the third person is in the reflection? The one in blue?
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03 Feb 2012, 5:02 pm
GreyGirl wrote:
I wonder who the third person is in the reflection? The one in blue?
Mirror
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Detail of the convex mirror
The small medallions set into the frame of the convex mirror at the back of the room show tiny scenes from the Passion of Christ and may represent God's promise of salvation for the figures reflected on the mirror's convex surface. Furthering the Memorial theory, all the scenes on the wife's side are of Christ's death and resurrection. Those on the husbands side concern Christ's life. The mirror itself may represent the eye of God observing the vows of the wedding. A spotless mirror was also an established symbol of Mary, referring to the Holy Virgin's immaculate conception and purity.[25] The mirror reflects two figures in the doorway, one of whom may be the painter himself. In Panofsky's controversial view, the figures are shown to prove that the two witnesses required to make a wedding legal were present, and Van Eyck's signature on the wall acts as some form of actual documentation of an event at which he was himself present. According to one author "The painting is often referenced for its immaculate depiction of non-Euclidean geometry",[28] referring to the image on the convex mirror.
The small medallions set into the frame of the convex mirror at the back of the room show tiny scenes from the Passion of Christ and may represent God's promise of salvation for the figures reflected on the mirror's convex surface. Furthering the Memorial theory, all the scenes on the wife's side are of Christ's death and resurrection. Those on the husbands side concern Christ's life. The mirror itself may represent the eye of God observing the vows of the wedding. A spotless mirror was also an established symbol of Mary, referring to the Holy Virgin's immaculate conception and purity.[25] The mirror reflects two figures in the doorway, one of whom may be the painter himself. In Panofsky's controversial view, the figures are shown to prove that the two witnesses required to make a wedding legal were present, and Van Eyck's signature on the wall acts as some form of actual documentation of an event at which he was himself present. According to one author "The painting is often referenced for its immaculate depiction of non-Euclidean geometry",[28] referring to the image on the convex mirror.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnolfini_Portrait
Interesting details.
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03 Feb 2012, 5:19 pm
Mdyar wrote:
GreyGirl wrote:
I wonder who the third person is in the reflection? The one in blue?
Mirror
Quote:
Detail of the convex mirror
The small medallions set into the frame of the convex mirror at the back of the room show tiny scenes from the Passion of Christ and may represent God's promise of salvation for the figures reflected on the mirror's convex surface. Furthering the Memorial theory, all the scenes on the wife's side are of Christ's death and resurrection. Those on the husbands side concern Christ's life. The mirror itself may represent the eye of God observing the vows of the wedding. A spotless mirror was also an established symbol of Mary, referring to the Holy Virgin's immaculate conception and purity.[25] The mirror reflects two figures in the doorway, one of whom may be the painter himself. In Panofsky's controversial view, the figures are shown to prove that the two witnesses required to make a wedding legal were present, and Van Eyck's signature on the wall acts as some form of actual documentation of an event at which he was himself present. According to one author "The painting is often referenced for its immaculate depiction of non-Euclidean geometry",[28] referring to the image on the convex mirror.
The small medallions set into the frame of the convex mirror at the back of the room show tiny scenes from the Passion of Christ and may represent God's promise of salvation for the figures reflected on the mirror's convex surface. Furthering the Memorial theory, all the scenes on the wife's side are of Christ's death and resurrection. Those on the husbands side concern Christ's life. The mirror itself may represent the eye of God observing the vows of the wedding. A spotless mirror was also an established symbol of Mary, referring to the Holy Virgin's immaculate conception and purity.[25] The mirror reflects two figures in the doorway, one of whom may be the painter himself. In Panofsky's controversial view, the figures are shown to prove that the two witnesses required to make a wedding legal were present, and Van Eyck's signature on the wall acts as some form of actual documentation of an event at which he was himself present. According to one author "The painting is often referenced for its immaculate depiction of non-Euclidean geometry",[28] referring to the image on the convex mirror.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnolfini_Portrait
Interesting details.
Fascinating. Thank you.
03 Feb 2012, 6:41 pm
GreyGirl wrote:
Mdyar wrote:
[Arnolfini Portrait]
I wonder who the third person is in the reflection? The one in blue?http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... 282%29.jpg
[Edit - oh dang, slow to post again...
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